Hulbert on Markets

In Picking Winning Stocks, Boring is Best

A study of bourses throughout the world concludes that a portfolio of "low-volatility" equities outperforms riskier alternatives.

Chances are that the stock you should be buying for your portfolio right now is one you might have passed on to an elderly relation.

In fact, the portfolios that perform the best, over time, are those that contain stodgy and uninteresting stocks that are the very antithesis of the exciting and volatile issues that get most of the financial press.

That's the main lesson to be taken from a recent study, "Low Risk Stocks...